The issue of changing the board of directors' governance structure was raised back in the Liberal era, the need to follow the arm's-length processes with the public broadcasters. This government hasn't followed through on that same standard.
The other key recommendation from the Lincoln report, and from follow-up reports that our committee did when Mr. Del Mastro and I were on Heritage, was the need to have a new covenant between the Government of Canada and the CBC so that we would ensure stable funding for a five- or seven-year period. We would have a new, clear agreement.
What happens year to year right now, as you know, is we are never sure of the funding and it is hard to make decisions. To have a truly independent public broadcaster committed to doing its job, we need to have a clear set of rules.
Why do you think the government has never moved on any of those recommendations?